Concern at rising number of pregnant women in ICU with Covid-19
Dutch NewsPregnant women have been urged to get themselves vaccinated against coronavirus amid concerns that they are especially vulnerable to the Delta variant. ‘Women are waking up after three weeks on a ventilator with a flat stomach,’ he said ‘The majority of them are extremely distressed, so much so that we have to call in a psychiatrist. It’s absolutely terrible.’ Babies in IC Though the virus itself is not a risk to the unborn child, many are born prematurely because of the mother’s condition and have to spend their first weeks in neonatal intensive care. Manon Benders, head of the IC unit at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in Utrecht, said: ‘There is a risk of infections, brain haemorrhage, inflammation of the bowels, all things that can have long-term effects for the rest of your life. ‘At the start of the vaccination campaign we were cautious, but now we know that the vaccine is safe for pregnant women,’ De Groot said.